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SEAL
Unique ID: YORYM-79BF12
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A complete lead bag seal of modern date. The seal is comprised of a single disc of metal which is perforated by a hole running across its diameter. The holes would have been for wire or textile ligatures which were used to secure a bag.
Stamped text can be seen on both sides of the seal though it is extremely worn with breaks rendering much of the text illegible. One side reads [----]//[-]HR//VI and the other reads [---]B//[--]//C.T.//1832.
The text is likely to represent the name of the Quality Control Officer and possibly a code for the location at which the Officer worked or the registered number of the sealing tongs he used and the producer of the goods and the year of production.
The metal is a mid greyish-brown colour and is worn. The seal is 19.5mm in diameter, 4.2mm thick and weighs 8.7g.
Class: Bag
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: MODERN
Period from: MODERN
Date from: Circa AD 1832
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 5.1 mm
Weight: 9.4 g
Diameter: 20.6 mm
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: York (Unitary Authority)
District: York (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Strensall
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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